Their starting O-line had a ton of experience. The youngest guy on that line was a 4 year starter. No doubt there was a talent gap in that game, but for our DL to put on that kind of pressure against a OL that had seen a lot of time, including Clemson's studly DL last year, I feel much better about us getting pressure with fewer blitzes
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I want to add onto this very good point.
There is a fallacy going around that LSU could easily throw on Georgia Southern as they lack a secondary to stop it, while other secondaries (Texas being the most vocal) will not be void of talent (just experience).
This is simply false in every way. Burrow craved up a very good pass defense of Georgia Southern. Did you know that in 2018 Georgia Southern was #54 in pass defense nationally? That’s better than Texas at #112. But Texas plays in the wide-open pass happy Big12, so the comparison is not fair.... Georgia Southern also ranked ahead of Auburn and Texas A&M.
But Texas is DBU... talent is so deep. Did you see Jalen Green this week! It doesn’t matter who goes up against our CB because they practice against the best WRs in college football every day. They are all 6’6” and run like deers. No team will have better WRs. These are all things Texas fans AND analysts have said or written in the past 3 weeks. It confusing because...
Georgia Southern CBs Kindle Vildor
- 2018 2nd Team All American (PFF)
- 2018 Sun Belt POTY (PFF)
- 2018 AP 1st Team All-Sun Belt
- 2019 Coaches Preseason Defensive POTY
- 2019 Coaches Preseason 1st Team All-Sun Belt
Monquavian Brinson
- 2018 1st Team All-Sun Belt (PFF)
- AP 2nd Team All-Sun Belt x 2 years
- 2019 Coaches Preseason 1st Team All-Sun Belt
Georgia Southern has 2 Senior CBs that played in huge games (Clemson last year for example), and yet Burrow craved them up like a Thanksgiving turkey. Perhaps we are under appreciating the work that LSU did on offense this week?
^Stolen from LSU247